Aso Shrine

Aso Shrine (阿蘇神社, Aso-jinja) is the Japanese Shinto shrine at Mount Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu.^[1] The shrine is in the northern part of a caldera of an active volcano.

History[change | change source]

Aso was the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) of the old Higo Province. It serves today as one of the ichinomiya of Kumamoto Prefecture.^[2] The enshrined kami are Takeiwatatsu no mikoto (健磐龍命) and others.^[1]

From 1871 through 1946, the Aso Shrine was officially listed as one of the first rank of government supported shrines.^[3]

References[change | change source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Kotodamaya.com, "Aso Jinja"; retrieved 2012-10-29.
↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-10-29.
↑ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 126.

Other websites[change | change source]

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32°56′52″N 131°06′57.5″E / 32.94778°N 131.115972°E / 32.94778; 131.115972

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[kotodamayama-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Kotodamaya.com, "Aso Jinja"; retrieved 2012-10-29.

[2] "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-10-29.

[3] Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 126.

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